Rylee's God Things

Hi all!! Just a couple minor updates on my life... This is absolutely insane. I graduate my first year of DCLS this Sunday, and I can't help but look back. I never thought I would see this day, yet here we are. Standing on its doorstep. This is crazy. I told my Mom this the other day on the phone, but it feels like she JUST dropped me off!! Wow. Graduation is officially in five days, and it's sorta freaking me out. I know that this is a season that eventually needs to come to an end, but it will be so different from here on out. In other news, I got accepted back as a second year!! I am so excited to have the opportunity to come back this fall. It's an incredibly exciting responsibility, and I cannot wait for it. Saying goodbye SUCKS. If you don't absolutely have to do it, avoid it at all costs. I have had to say goodbyes/ see you later's for the past week, and I hate it. It only gets harder from here on out with Graduation here soon, too. So not ready. ...

((Preface: I have been speaking Spanish so often recently and for some reason my brain is really in Spanish mode today AND I haven't taken an English class in almost a year so if some of my sentences don't make sense please give me grace :)) As my first year in DCLS comes to a close, I have reflected a lot on what the past nine months have held. With a little under three weeks until Graduation, I figured I should write this now before I'm overwhelmed with team activities, a lot of 'lasts', and goodbyes. This time has been incredibly bittersweet. I'm more than excited to be at home with my friends and family, but I'm really going to miss the community around me. I've come to see a lot of change in the past nine months, not only just in myself. I obviously am much different than when I arrived, but I've also come to see a lot of change in my friends. In my surrounding classmates. In the community around me. It's crazy to look back and see all t...